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Improving Productivity of Small Peri-Urban Farmers by Bio-Rational Soil Management Improving Productivity of Traditional Andean Small Farmers by Bio-Rational Soil Management: I. The Potato Case J. Franco; G. Main; O. Navia, N. Ortuño and J. Herbas1 Summary The use of chemical pesticides in agriculture demands high investments; its in discriminated and inadequate application to obtain immediate crop response has caused considerable damage to the environment and human health, either due to a direct effect or indirect contamination of farmer fields and water sources by highly toxic products. On the other hand, as a result of soil fertility losses, farmers move to new areas for farming, causing a complex migration phenomena and devastation of natural forests. In an effort to find new alternatives for the management of crop pests compatible with the environment and agro- ecologically friendly, some technologies recently developed have been offered to small Andean potato farmers. Among these, the recycling of organic residues and the management of natural soil microorganisms which are important alternatives to reduce the importation and use of toxic agro-chemicals as well as to preserve and recuperate soil fertility and thus reach a sustainable potato production by Andean farmers. This will not only guarantee food security, but will also have favorable impact on the yield and quality of potato and other crops. Additional index words: Compost, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), plant growth promoting rizhobacterias (PGPR), Glomus fasciculatum, Bacillus subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens Accepted for publication: December 28, 2011 1 Researches ; Fundación para la Promoción e Investigación de Productos Andinos (PROINPA), Cochabamba, Bolivia, E-Mail: [email protected] 2011 Franco, Main, Navia, Ortuño, Herbas 271 Mejorando la productividad de pequeños agricultores Andinos, mediante el uso racional de productos biológicos en el manejo del suelo. I: El caso del cultivo de papa Resumen El empleo de agroquímicos en la agricultura demanda la inversión de grandes capitales y su uso indiscriminado e inadecuado al largo plazo, ha venido causando daño considerable al medio ambiente y la salud de la población. Además su uso indiscriminado para el control de plagas y enfermedades en cultivos, es la causa de casos de envenenamiento y muerte de agricultores y sus familiares, así como también de especies animales que comparten su territorio, por la acción directa o contaminación de sus campos y ríos. Por otro lado, se tiene el abandono de tierras agrícolas como consecuencia de la pérdida de la fertilidad de sus suelos, que lleva a los campesinos a incorporar nuevas áreas, contribuyendo a la deforestación, con los problemas consiguientes de desplazamiento y migración de poblaciones. En la búsqueda, por un lado, de nuevas alternativas de manejo de plagas y enfermedades de los cultivos que sean compatibles con el medio ambiente y, por el otro, con el manejo del agro-ecosistema con la finalidad de recuperar o mantener la fertilidad de sus suelos, se han desarrollado tecnologías que se proponen para su adopción por parte de los pequeños productores andinos. Entre estas, el reciclamiento de residuos orgánicos y el manejo de microorganismos naturales del suelo constituyen alternativas importantes tanto para disminuir el uso de agroquímicos y la dependencia de la importación de insumos como para la recuperación de la fertilidad de los suelos agrícolas y para tender a una producción sostenible en los Andes que proporcione seguridad alimentaria a todos sus pobladores. Palabras claves adicionales: Compost, hongos micorrízicos arbusculares (AMF), rizobacterias promotoras del crecimiento de 272 REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE LA PAPA Vol. 16 (2) plantas (PGPR), Glomus fasciculatum, Bacillus subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens. Introduction Agricultural soils in the central Andes are generally characterized by low fertility and low organic matter content (0.5 to 2%). Under those conditions, yield of most Andean crops are especially constrained by low soil levels of N and P. Resource poor farmers in Bolivia and Peru use low fertilizer levels, 2.8 and 22.6 of NPK Units per ha, respectively, as compared to other countries of the region like Venezuela and Colombia which use 122 and 139 NPK Units per ha respectively (FAOSTAT, 2008). The Central Andean Highlands are the center of origin of the potato (Solanum spp.) and a major center of diversity, with over 4000 different native potato cultivars grown by farmers (CIP, 2007). For centuries, indigenous farmers have selected landraces adapted to harsh and variable agro-ecological conditions, and managed the land with minimal inputs to achieve sustainable yields. Hence, potato is grown and adapted to a huge variety of agro-ecosystems, soils and land use systems. Nowadays farmers employ a wide range of cropping systems, comprising high input systems with fertilizer applications of up to 500 kg NPK ha-1 and frequent pesticide use, to low-input subsistence systems with limited manure application and almost no pesticides. Yield levels are medium to low, ranging between 15 and 20 t ha-1 for high input and 5 to 8 t ha-1 for low input systems (Davies Jr. et al., 2005; MINAG, 2007). As a result, pests and diseases increasingly affect potato crop reducing tuber yield, but above all, tuber quality, rendering them unfit for commercial use. In these conditions soil fertility management has also a prominent role for crop productivity. An appropriate soil fertility management guarantees a certain level of yield stability, even in difficult agro-ecological conditions, and increases the overall resilience of the cropping system to adverse biotic and/or a biotic stresses (Fliessbach et al., 2007, Karlen et al., 1997, Mallory and Porter, 2007). The increased 2011 Franco, Main, Navia, Ortuño, Herbas 273 food production required to feed the growing population would have to come from “land saving” technologies, oriented to intensify the production of the system, converting marginal lands into productive areas, and the restoration of degraded areas (Lal, 2000). These types of technologies include, for example, increasing crop nutrient use efficiency, control of biotic constraints and soil-water conservation practices, particularly under rain fed conditions, as it occurs in the Andes. Soil microbes are key-components of all agricultural systems, exerting multiple functions, from detrimental (e.g. pathogenic) to beneficial, in particular in low input systems, (e.g. plant growth promoters and pathogen antagonists), hence impacting yield and quality of food. Nowadays, increasing attention is devoted to rhizosphere and endophytic microbes which play a central role in promoting plant growth and health. It has been stated that “the ultimate agricultural goal in studies of the biology of the soil- root interface, must be the manipulation of microorganisms in this zone to increase plant health and growth” (Rovira, 1979). To this end, research should aim at improving our knowledge of the interactions between plants and microbes, and of sustained management of these microbes to benefit the plant-food- consumer chain. This knowledge could help to reduce excessive use of agrochemicals, thus alleviating hazardous effects of agricultural production on the environment. Combining suited potato ‘genotypes’, proper land management and inoculation with appropriate beneficial microbes, e.g. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and pathogen antagonists therefore becomes a major challenge for the sustainable intensification of potato-based farming systems in the Andean area. Recycling of organic waste – using the power of microorganisms - to a safe and useful end product (compost) is a realistic option aimed at improving crop production. Besides, the management of natural microbial soil biota, which positively impact plant development, nutrition and health - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR) - has been recognized as a major agricultural practice to reduce chemical inputs like pesticides and fertilizer, and to improve the ecological 274 REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE LA PAPA Vol. 16 (2) potential and sustainability of soils in Andean cropping systems. Major benefits for plants include improved nutrient uptake and increased tolerance/resistance to a biotic and biotic stresses. These environmental-friendly, natural bio-fertilizers and bio- protectors represent a major opportunity, for cost savings which are often too high for small-scale, resource-poor agricultural systems. Many previous studies and reviews have reported plant growth promotion, increased yield, solubilization of P or K, uptake of N and other nutrients through inoculation with PGPR (de Freitas et al. 1997; Rodriguez and Fraga 1999; Joo et al. 2004; Sheng and He 2006; Glick et al. 2007). Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) are other microbial inoculants that can influence plant growth and water and nutrient uptake. It has been reported that extra radical hyphae of AMF act as a bridge between the soil and plant roots, and their effectiveness is affected by soil P concentration (Duffy et al.1999; Liu et al. 2000; Bianciotto and Bonfante 2002; Stewart et al. 2005). As indicated, potato production in the Andean region is constrained as a result of various a biotic and biotic soil problems and access to pesticides and fertilizers is frequently too expensive. A project, financed by EC, for recycling organic waste into compost, and management of soil natural microbes, - AMF and PGPR - was carried out to reduce chemical–
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